Coat.



S.IYATTER.

COAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26. 1917.

Patented June 11, 1918.

SAM YATTELR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1918.

Application filed April 26, 1917. Serial No. 164,645.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM YATTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coats and is for the same invention as my application for patent filed December 19, 1912, Serial N o. 7 37,660, which had become abandoned, and has for its object the provision of an improved coat which may be readily and effectively changed in appearance.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which,

Figure 1 is a front perspective View of a coat embodying my invention, and

Fig. 2, an enlarged section taken on line acx of Fig. 1.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises a belt 1 encircling the waist portion of the coat and stitched to the coat by lines of stitching 2 arranged a short distance to each side of the front opening of said coat as indicated in the drawings. This stitching of the belt to the coatat these points leaves the ends 3 and 4 of the belt free as indicated in Fig. 2. Slits 5 are provided in the coat immediately forward of stitches 2 of a size to permit of the passage of the free ends 3 and a of the belt. To facilitate this passage I also omit the stitching and thus provide an opening 6 between the ordinary lining 7 of the coat and the outer portion thereof, said openings 6 being arranged in horizontal alinement with slits 5 and of equal height. The free end 3 is provided with a button 8 adapted to engage a corresponding button-hole in the free edge 4, and a loop 9 is arranged on the inside of the coat to the rear of the slit corresponding to the free end 3 and in a position to engage said free end as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. A button 10 is secured to the inside of the coat on the other side to the rear of the other slit in position to engage the button-hole in the free end 4 of the belt.

By this arrangement it will be observed that the belt 1 may be worn as an ordinary complete belt with its front ends buttoning together at the front opening of the coat or the free ends of the belt may be passed through slits 5 and openings 6 and secured in position on the inside of the coat thus concealing the free ends of the belt and giving the coat a diiferent and artistic appearance.

-While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a coat, of a belt encircling the waist portion thereof, said coat being provided with slits extending therethrough a short distance from the front opening thereof, said belt being stitched to said coat immediately behind each of said slits; and means on the inner side of said coat to the rear of each of said slits for securing the ends of said belt, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a coat, of a belt encircling the waist portion thereof, said coat being provided with slits opening therethrough a short distance from the front opening thereof, said belt being stitched to said coat immediately behind each of said slits, said belt having a button-hole in one end and a button on the other end; a button provided on the inside of said coat to the rear of the slit corresponding with the end of said belt having a button-hole; and a loop secured to the inside of said coat to the rear of the other slit, substantially as described.

In testimony wheroef I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAM YATTER. Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs, HELEN F. LILLIS.

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